Strange Character Traits

[Liz]

Apparently, most people have some level of mild autism. EG, we can be obsessive about certain things that another person couldnt care less about.

So, what are your little habits?

I have a few, so i'll start!

When buttering my bread, i have to spread it evenly and it has to cover it all!
and whenever i put something on it ie cheese, i always cut it really neatly and make sure it doesnt spill out of the sides!

I cant get to sleep unless i cuddle a pillow

i lick all the flavour off crisps before i eat them.

[argh]

I eat somethings in a certain way everytime I eat them, or they don't taste right.

[La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo]

I always spit on my goalie gloves before a match (sommet to do with grip) then clap and rup the spit in.
I always eat food in groups like Sandwhich first then crisps etc.

[The Visioneer]

I prefer bookss and DVDs and stuff like that to be stacked upwards, with the largest ones on the bottom and smallest on top. Never stacked side to side.

[Thomp]

I have to have been trying to get to sleep for half an hour before I can sleep

[Nuclear Spoon]

I always switch the light on/off when I leave the bathroom, but not always when I enter. So sometimes I leave and switch the light on.

[maw3193]

I turn on the bathroom light when I enter and off when I leave, regardless of time of day.

[Chavvy]

I thank people in Makaton's sign language. (one of my ex girlfriend's sister had downs syndrome and she could only sign in Makaton's - so I learned it because of that[/explanation])

[wyrd_fish]

I have to have been trying to get to sleep for half an hour before I can sleep
this
I always switch the light on/off when I leave the bathroom, but not always when I enter. So sometimes I leave and switch the light on.
and this

it's a really od reaction, i just grab the cord on teh way out without thinking about it

i also used to tidy things up in shops :/

prefectly stacking rubbbers etc... i was an odd child

[xkittyx]

* When I'm in bed with a guy and want a kiss I nudge his cheek with my nose

* My food cupboards are arranged in categories of foods and I will shout if someone uses something and puts it back in the wrong place

[allfalldown]

I usually eat food in a certain way/order as well, depending on what it is I'm eating. Usually it's meat first, then everything else.

[maw3193]

* When I'm in bed with a guy and want a kiss I nudge his cheek with my nose
Strong, but lightly, like a cat's?

I like kitties

[woobi]

I always take off the lid of a pen with the hand I'm holding it in, then put it back on with the same hand that it's in.

I always say, when I'm making fun of someone that 'no one likes them' e.g. 'Well, he's fat and ugly and no one likes him' or 'Well, he's got huge lobes (ear) and he's fat and no one likes him'.

I say right at least 8 times in a sentence, when I'm actually speaking.

[Cheeky Prophet]

I wear my shoes all day, even in the house. Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning, put them on, and not take them off til I go to bed.

Whenever I make bologna toast, I have to cut it into 8 pieces, or I won't eat it.

I cant get to sleep unless i cuddle a pillow

I have to be cuddling into a blanket or pillow if I want to fall asleep, too. And if I'm sleeping at a friend's house, I have to sleep on my belly (whilst cuddling into a blanket/pillow).

[DiscoStu]

I have all my books and cds in alphabetical order of artist and chronological of release. At work, when screwing faceplates on sockets the screws always have to have the heads pointing perfectly horizontal

[Liz]

I always say, when I'm making fun of someone that 'no one likes them' e.g. 'Well, he's fat and ugly and no one likes him' or 'Well, he's got huge lobes (ear) and he's fat and no one likes him'.

I say right at least 8 times in a sentence, when I'm actually speaking.

when explaining anything to anyone face to face, i say: 'Do you know what i mean?' after every sentence. i really irritate myself with it!

[fishymcfish]

I wear my shoes all day, even in the house. Sometimes I'll wake up in the morning, put them on, and not take them off til I go to bed.


I'm quite the opposite, I try to take my shoes off whenever possible, even in public places such as the cinema. I often play football in my back yard bare foot as well, I don't know why.

I also find that when in a conversation I think about things too much and often skip back to something I wanted to mention earlier, most people would probably let it go but I find I do that sort of thing alot.

Like a few of you I click the bathroom light instinctively when I leave too, but it isn't every single time, and only seems to happen with a pull chord.

[Mittwoch]

I turn off anything not being used (TVs, radios, lights, computers...) because for some reason I get a noise in my ear a bit like feedback on speakers if too many electrical things are switched on.

I insist on never having both feet on the floor whilst sitting, and often sit on one or both of my legs regardless of where I am resulting in dead legs and much falling over.

I never tidy up as I go, just leave mess until I can't bear it any more and clean it up.

[Ferg]

If I wake up and there's a number 3 in the minutes bit of the clock I don't get up but wait until its a five. Why? Because I don't like the number 3 and it scares me. I also can't do things 3 times or just eat 3 malteasers etc etc. Its a guilty shame and no doubt a weird one.

Also if its late at night and I'm on my own I don't look in any mirrors because I'm afraid I'll see a ghost or something equally as spooky behind me.

These are the first warped tendancies I have have that come to mind but I'm sure there are others. Not sure where the 3 thing comes from but the mirror thing is something rooted in a fearful incident which is another story by its self.

Oh also When eating marshmellows I have to swallow at least one whole. Even though it usually expands in my throat. Ah well. Thats why I don't eat them alot even though they're so tasty and special...

[Shave]

i'm a fussy eater as i don't like much. and i always eat my roast dinners in a particular way: potatoes > carrots > meat > peas/sweetcorn

[Snoon]

I hate seeing paper wasted, if I see a blank space on a page I have to draw or write on it to make myself feel better. However, I love looking at books of blank paper, there's something beautiful about them.

When I pick up my guitar I always play Am and C chords repeatedly before I practise.

I imagine living with strangers I see on the train, thinking about how we'd get on together and what sort of lifestyle we'd have. My imagination tends to run away with me.

[Mittwoch]

Thought of s'more:
I have a certain order I always get dressed in and feel odd if I don't.

Disgusting, but if I have a spot or scab I WILL pick it and there's nothing you can do to stop me. (I mean come on, who doesn't pick subconciously at spots?)

If something is small but not small enough to swallow accidentaly and I have nothing to say, it goes in my mouth. Examples - guitar plectrums, rings, pingpong balls, nutshells, pens... the list goes on.

I'm sure I have more but another trait of mine is an exceedingly poor memory :/

[Disgruntledgoat]

Can't sleep on my back. Just can't.

If I come into my house and I'm not sure if anyone is home, or if I don't see anyone immediately I'll start making loud noises and slamming doors etc. just in case there is a burglar or an intruder in the house.

I set my alarm for an hour before I want to get up just so I have an hour lie-in.

[Redux]

I am already senile at twenty.

[Yorkshire Tea]

I hate being contradicted.

[Tweekish]

When I go to bed I have to cover myself over with something like a duvet or a sheet. I cant sleep without one, even if its 100 degrees and im overheating.

Turning the TV off in my room irritates me, I have to leave it on standby. However, the TV downstairs must be turned off!

I have to put my earrings, watch, rings etc on in a certain order or else I will feel bad. Left ear bottom hole, left ear top hole, right ear bottom hole, right ear top hole and so on.

If I lose something, I have to find it. Even if its a scrap of paper or something I was going to throw away I have to find it again.

If someone gives me a Twix, I have to eat the caramel off the top first, then nibble the chocolate off the sides before I eat the biscuity bit (not forgetting to check if I got a 6 hole or 8 hole biscuit). Same goes for kitkat chunky's, except I just nibble off all the chocolate. Mmmmmm!

[Horse]

If someone gives me a Twix, I have to eat the caramel off the top first, then nibble the chocolate off the sides before I eat the biscuity bit (not forgetting to check if I got a 6 hole or 8 hole biscuit). Same goes for kitkat chunky's, except I just nibble off all the chocolate. Mmmmmm!

Everyone does that!

[Erasmus]

I hate being contradicted.
No you don't.
Sorry, I couldn't resist

[slush puppy]

When I go down stairs on my own I have to run. When I eat a meal I have to leave a little bit of everything so i can eat it together at the end.I have to sleep with my back against the wall...could go on forever really as I have OCD a little more than slightly:)

[gruff]

I sleep with my head resting on my arm, rather than my pillow.

[Liz]

when i get a glass of water using the tap, i have to run it cold for at least 30s-1m (i usually do something else while i wait) and when i finally fill the glass, i fill it once, empty it, then fill it again. Sometimes i empty it more than once until i feel everything is ok.

[Preasure]

When I turn on my internet, I boot up google and use the connection box that appears, connect, then close google and open msn, so msn is always on the far left of the window bar. I have no idea why I do this, but msn not being on the far left just doesnt feel right.

[Chassisbot]

I tap things with my fingers, a set number of times. Every finger has to have the same number of taps as the others. I always forget to do one, and I try to compensate, but I always seem to over-compensate, and need to tap the other fingers. But I do it too much, and it just gets really confusing.

[GungHo]

I have a stand I place my games on, and I always arrange them with the one I am playing first, the one I played before that second, etc. with the rest of them stacked in a pile, with the same system. If a guest or someone else messes it up, I lose the want of playing them for weeks. :(

/Edit: I also have to start all my edits with /Edit:

/Edit2: I tap things with my fingers, a set number of times. Every finger has to have the same number of taps as the others. I always forget to do one, and I try to compensate, but I always seem to over-compensate, and need to tap the other fingers. But I do it too much, and it just gets really confusing.
Hey, me too! *tappa tappa tap tap TAP*

[carpefula]

I can't put a glass or a cup down without using a coaster and if i watch a TV show about an illness or disease then i used to convince myself i had it purely out of my own fear...

I no longer do this but i get really annoyed if i think i've eaten all my peas and one appears under my potato (or other food product).

If i buy one book by a particular author then the next book i buy writen by them has to be off the same issue so the covers match.

We are an odd bunch... i guess that's why we spend so much time on the internet and not in society lmao

[funkin_dudette]

I have to eat orange smarties seperate to the rest.
I constantly tap out random beats on anything and everything, although I seem to have an obssession with tapping out paradiddles(mainly L F LL F L FF L F L F L F LL)
I have to listen to music at least once a day
I prefer singing in the dark, if a sing in a really light room I often sing at least one note wrong :S

[Liz]

yeah, but everyone does something along these lines, everyone i know does something a little out of the ordinary, and its just fun really!

god knows why we do it!

i thought of another........

i have to click all my knuckles, and my ankles before i can go to sleep.

if im having a cigarette, i flick the ash so often that the end usually falls off before i can finish it (which is probably a good thing!)

[firetrap]

I'm always tapping. I walk in time with my music. I drum on the desk. I click my teeth in time with music. I beatbox when I walk down the road. I don't even play drums. I just love music. :|

/Edit:

On the subject of OCDs from when I was 6 to when I was about 8 1/2 I had an OCD where I had to go to sleep at 8 o'clock and I'd wake up exactly 10 hours later. I didn't even have an alarm. If I was out at the time or couldn't sleep I'd get really panicky and start shouting and sometimes crying and I'd try to literally knock myself out. :D aaaah good times.

[Ferg]

When I go up stairs I usually go up on all fours. Not sure why and I only do it in houses.


Thought of s'more:
If something is small but not small enough to swallow accidentaly and I have nothing to say, it goes in my mouth. Examples - guitar plectrums, rings, pingpong balls, nutshells, pens... the list goes on.


That is a dangerous passion, word of advice, don't try putting those little wooden chipforks in your mouth. I did that and it got stuck. Also tried a light bulb and that almost got stuck cause my jaw started to lock. Ahh saturdays...

Originally posted by Tweekish
Turning the TV off in my room irritates me, I have to leave it on standby. However, the TV downstairs must be turned off!

Yup, do that too and it must waist loads of leccy.

Also the last M&M I eat cannot be brown. Preferably blue or yellow.

[fythbro]

I have to half straddle/hug a pillow when im getting to sleep.

When i eat hovis crackers, i have to eat the outside first. With jaffa cakes i have to eat the layers separately.

[La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo]

I have to eat a green sweety last if thats an option.
I have to talk in my sleep or I dont sleep well. My dads a postman so he checks if im talking. :)
I HAVE to have at least one nightmare a night or I just wake up in the middle of the night and cant get back to sleep

[Penguin Pimp]

Whenever havin a bath it always hair, back, arms, body legs then groun then face. when im about to get out i wipe of the water with my hand. I get out and put the towel round me and look in the mirror. i then comb my hair over the bath to romove any excess water. then check what it looks like in mirror. take a smaller towel and sit in the far corner of my room using the smaller towel to dry myself as a sit in the big towel ALWAYS feet first then legs arms and back.

Whenever a song is playin i have to sing it(even if it is very quietly and i dont even know it... i pick up the chorus and sing along and i guess what the next line will be. It sometimes works)

[PinkFish]

When I do sudokus, I have to do them by myself,no matter how frustrated or stuck I get no-one is allowed to help me, as slush puppy found out the hard way once....


I didn't hit her that hard...

Also my TV in my room has to be on for me to sleep. Even if it's just on a DVD menu and not making any noise. If someone turns it off int he middle of the night I instantly wake up and can't sleep until it's back on.

[slush puppy]

When I do sudokus, I have to do them by myself,no matter how frustrated or stuck I get no-one is allowed to help me, as slush puppy found out the hard way once....


I didn't hit her that hard...

Also my TV in my room has to be on for me to sleep. Even if it's just on a DVD menu and not making any noise. If someone turns it off int he middle of the night I instantly wake up and can't sleep until it's back on.
also she starts sudoku-ing everyone for example........no Naomi can't go next to naomi!shes in the wrong line!

[Preasure]

I cant abide with toast not buttered propperly. It must be buttered straight as it leaves the toaster, so it melts in. I will always eat the piece with the most melted butter first. If the toast gets too cold to melt, I will microwave it for a while.

When I go to sleep, I lie flat on my back in the dead center of the bed, with my arms on top of the overs crosses over my chest, and my head leaning on its side so when I open my eyes the first thing I see is the door. Friends say I look like I've died and been layed out when I'm sleeping.

[monkey magic]

I used to have mild O.C.D. when I was younger.
If I opened a door I had to close it with the other hand by placing it the exact same way on the handle. When turning on a tap, I had to turn it back exactly the same distance and when drawing a circle in the air (to ilustrate a point) I had to spin back the other way the same amount of times. I still have to fight myself not to.
Some of these tendencies remain, when I put things under my bed I just threw them, then I got some boxes, and now that it's tidy it has to remain tidy, and I mean immaculate, books stacked in size order, everything has to reach the same level or I wont be able to put the top on which really annoys me.
Also, in my parents room, their bathroom door is a sliding ordeal, but it sticks out of the wall and I HAVE to close it whenever I go in there (they have sky in there, so if someone's watching downstairs I'll go up there).
Tis hell.

[eleanor]

Heh, I think all kids get some form of mild OCD - I remember I was a counter of things and I used to have to touch the buttons of my double-breasted school coat the same even number of times each.

The 11+ set me off on a whole thing of making words out of the end of the first one and the beginning of the next - e.g. "roast airing" - stair - and so on. Had fun with that for a few years.

I have my CDs in alphabetical order - well, it's a bit disordered at the moment because of taking some out of the rack to take on holidays etc., but when I get around to it, they'll be in alphabetical order by artist's name (first letter for bands, first letter of surname for solo artists) and then by name of album.

I luff Su Doku and get well annoyed when I get one wrong. :p

[Mushroom]

Basically I have a habit of putting basically somewhere near basically eight times in a sentence when I'm basically worried. Basically. No idea why.

And in food, am I the only person who, when confronted with one of those FAB ice lollies had to eat it in this order?:

1) Nibble hundreds and thousands off
2) bite chocolate coating off
3) eat ice-cream from lolly
4) eat top of lolly
5) eat remainder of lolly

My dad used to get me them all the time when I was smaller, but even now, at 18, I still eat them like that if ever I have one. It's just not right otherwise :p

[Simon]

I always switch the light on/off when I leave the bathroom, but not always when I enter. So sometimes I leave and switch the light on.

My mum had a real problem with me not turning the light off so I eventually got in the habit. This actually resulted in me turning the light on as I left during the day.

[Ferg]

Oh I usually have to sleep with covers over my ears. Even in the middle of summer and I only have a sheet it goes over my ears. Could be because its more cosy that way or it could because I didn't like hearing the ghost going up and down the stairs when I was little.

[woobi]

Every time I get on the bus on the way home from school, I have to sit in the 5th row from the back on the top deck, preferably on the right side of the bus.
I always wet my hair before I go for a shower/bath.
I can only eat carrots if they're cut up into circles.
And...
Every night, in my bed, before I go to sleep, I always have to listen to my mp3 player for about an hour.

[Preasure]

When eating, say one of those little cadburys trifles in the pots, I always eat each layer completely before touching the next. Same applys to any layered food in and pot.

When I get on the school bus, I always sit on the left on the way to school, and on the right on the way out. I did it to start with so I could see a girl I liked, but now its become force of habit.

[maxxy_p]

If something is small but not small enough to swallow accidentaly and I have nothing to say, it goes in my mouth. Examples - guitar plectrums, rings, pingpong balls, nutshells, pens... the list goes on.When I'm talking to someone I'll usually put whatever I'm holding in my mouth. If I'm not holding anything I tend to chew my shirt.

Kind of makes it hard to speak.

[renatzu]

I did a lot of weird things when I was younger. What I remember most is that I counted everything. The number of tiles on the ceiling, the number of trees by the road, the number of lights on the ceiling, everything. I still do it often.

[!!!]

I have to have socks on if i am wearing anything!

[Paradigm^]

Mushroom, you're not alone. I went through the "basically" phase, and also the "actually" phase, too. Up until recently I used to smirk a lot rather than smile, and I do lots of single-eyebrow raising.

I have also been trained to keep the toilet seat lid down.

[Lucifers Beard]

And in food, am I the only person who, when confronted with one of those FAB ice lollies had to eat it in this order?:

1) Nibble hundreds and thousands off
2) bite chocolate coating off
3) eat ice-cream from lolly
4) eat top of lolly
5) eat remainder of lolly


No no.. sadly, although 24 and considered an adult I do the exact same thing..

FAB's FTW \o/

[Moltz]

I refuse to wear bottons, I cut them off if i like something enough to buy. And corn disgusts me so much i wont eat it. Go figure.

[Mirana]

I think we all have a bit of OCD in us. I know I do. I point blank cannot finish a meal - I always have to leave a bit of it. It drives everyone around me crazy. It stems from not wanting to eat the part of the food that my hand has touched (toast, for example - I leave the corner of the crust I was holding) but it extends now to everything. It's a worry, really it is.

And when I start worrying, I can't stop, because I start thinking about the health impacts of worrying... and then those health impacts... and then I need to go and listen to something repetitive until I stop worrying.

Oh, and I feel guilty when I listen to a radio station that isn't my regular, like I'm cheating or something.

[joeluck]

i have several..
when eating crisps i try to stuff as many into my mouth and crunch them all at once..:S
hmm..
i tend to tell myself what im about to do sometimes..
i plan out something stupid in my head before doing it, like making me dinner.
my sleeping patterns are fucked..
example-
wake up 3pm
go to sleep 7pm(or am sometimes) next day
wake up 3pm
etc..

[Lovergirl]

I can't have anything dead-centre in front of me - like a tree or a telephone pole. it has to be slightly to one side, or i freak.

I can't keep my feet still. Lots of people have this i think, but if i have my feet still it means something's wrong. or i'm asleep ...

I have to rub my knuckles together every time i stop typing to think.

My littlest fingernails have to be longer than the others. exluding thumbs.

If i have dangly earrings i have to flick them three times after i put them on.

If plug sockets are left on without anything plugged in i go mental. ONce james went round turning them on to annoy me. daniel does it too. -(boys are mean *grins*)

Everything on my tables has to be in line with something.

If i'm in a car and other ones go past, i have to blink when the front of the other car crosses the window bar, and again when it goes past it. madness.

bacon sandwiches can't have two layers, they have to have one, with the bacon lines up like tetris.

I have to lick the chocolate out of choccy biscuits.

I lick the flavour off crisps, but only mc coys.

when cooking chips, they have to be lined up on the baking tray in size-order and in lines.

books have to alphabetical, except my terry pratchett ones which go in order they were published.

there's more, but i have ocd so it may go on a while ... *laughs*

[Mr.L.Xp]

I Hate it when my parants shut my door, but not quite, so that its no ajar, but its 5mm away from interlocking.

i have my tv up louder when im eating something like crisps, as i hate it when i cant hear the tv when im eating.

i cant stand carpits that have a little crease in them.

If a start to build a house on the sims 2, each floor has to be complete with furni wallpaper and tiles before i start on the next floor, otherwsie i get the feeling that i missed something.

game discs in wrong case = [gtfomyhouse/]

If there are alot of people around me, all talking at the same time, but in quite voice (not a whisper) it freaks me out.(found this out by a dream :/)

before i take a shower, i always look out the window for no reason at all.

sun lollys must be completely sucked of all juice before binned.

If curtains are drawn, then there are to be no little opening to let light in.

Windows are ether open, or shut. Not somewere in the middle :mad:

If im not using a webcam, it must be facing away from me.

two pillows always.

If i see an advert were people act like retards or are obviuse actors when they say there not, i get a twich of disgust in my left arm.

I cannot watch "most-haunted" becuase the fact that people think that, that deric person is actualy "communicating" with the "spirits" makes me want to run down the Most Haunted crew with a lawn mower. MOST HAUNTED IS FAKE PEOPLE. WAKE UP.

Speakers have to be facing me.

i cannot stand keyrings. they are fiddley and a wast of space.

If i see the start of a stand up comedy i have to watch it through.

I never get rid of batterys after they first run out. i save them and re-use them as a last resort if i run out of batterys. Rechargeable batterys seems like cheating really.

If i think a food tasts, "off" even when its not out of date, i wont eat it.

[T3-X]

I took a psychology class, and it's enteresting being able to tell what all of these quirks root back to.

-When roasting marshmallows, they have to be golden brown, and I have to eat it on dried layer at a time.

-I must have the exact amount of sauce for what I'm eating, so both the sauce and the food run out at the same time.

-I cannot stay awake during an entire class of math or science, regardless of how much sleep I got the night before

-When I am putting a body in a shallow grave, I always have to start covering the feet, and work my way up. The same goes for segmenting body parts

-Whenever I see a show I want to watch, something comes up and I have to miss it. You might call it coincidence, but I swear I am subconciously doing it somehow.

[O RLY?]

I can sense if an eletronical device is on nearby, fiddles with my ears somehow. It gets really annoying.

When I do something spontaneous, like contracting a muscle, I always have to do it four times.

If anime is on the TV, I subconsciously find the channel, and if I start to watch it, I can't stop, even if I already watched the episode numerous times.

I can't fall asleep if my mind isn't busy doing some heavy thinking, like making a story up or if I'm not listening to some music.

I can't stand being in a room with an open door. Feels like I don't have any privacy, even when I'm in the room with another person. I can't sleep with an open door either.

[T3-X]

I can't fall asleep if my mind isn't busy doing some heavy thinking, like making a story up or if I'm not listening to some music.

I am pretty sure most people can't fall alseep while doing heavy thinking, isnt it a bit more quirky do have the exact opposite of a quirk most people have? In fact sleeping is a big issue with me because I can't stop heavy thinking. No matter what I am always thinking about something.

[captain canuck]

there are a bunch of random words that have entered my vocabulary, and end up on the end of spoken sentences even where there's no need for them. the most common is "indeed". Indeed.

i have a (proven) dangerously addictive personality, so i must avoid all habit-forming vices of every kind - even where the average person could try it once and just stop, i'd be hooked right away.

I can't sleep when a faint unobtrustive sound like a small fan in a completely different room is on, but loud and intermittent noises (i.e. construction work being done just outside) are no problem at all.

I try to avoid making left turns - while walking.

I consider the descriptions on the back of DVDs to be spoilers, so I can't rent movies unless I have a non-spoiled reccommendation to go on, or like the front cover box art.

[bionic sheep]

I have nothing wrong with me.

I am a perfectly well adjusted human being.

Ha.

[T3-X]

I can't sleep when a faint unobtrustive sound like a small fan in a completely different room is on, but loud and intermittent noises (i.e. construction work being done just outside) are no problem at all.

you see, cap'n, this is because sounds such as construction work are very common in our home country (All of Manitoba is under construction as I speak)
And sounds such as a fan are seldom heard because of our country's inability to keep from going on strike for 5 minutes at a time, this prevents electricity/phone lines/etc. from ever working a consistent amount, keeping you from getting used to them.

[Lestat]

i have a habit of tipping a tooth on the left side of my mouth. but when i do that i have to hit hit the right one twice, then the left one again. it goes something like this

LRRL
RLLR
RLLR
LRRL
i then may go on to :

RLLR
LRRL
LRRL
RLLR x2
then the first one again. yeah, i know very weird. i think it comes from me practicing on my drums by doing that.
also, like lovergirl, i cant keep my feet still for some reason.

[lattherobogirl]

I have the feet thing BADLY, and whatever i do on oneside of my self, right hand, right buttock, right index finger (same with left) I have to do it on the otherside to, and if i do something on one finger i have to do it on all of them, same with teeth and its never right so i end up doing it for ages (im doing it now typing).
The same sort of thing applies with my feet and walking and i one foot comes out of a shoe a bit the other oot has to do the same as well, It all pisses me off SO MUCH, bear in mind this applies with eating, drinking, BREATHING, hitting an arm or other body part on a wall or table leg....GAH! It also applies with vision, if i see something on one side or at the top or bottem i have to do the opposite or sometimes all around.

when i was little I couldnt touch coloured pens because I thought id get the colour on me. Also I do the tapping fingers thing, I can hear when TVs or whatever are on standby and it pisses me off, I hate the ajar doors and I have to eat most of my foods in special ways and ALLWAYS eat my salad first.

I have many more, but I think thats enough for one evening, ive allways had these little things...

[Simon]

Speakers have to be facing me.


I have a strange habit of looking elsewhere when talking to people, but strangely enough only when in a classroom...I have no idea why. I dont know if it seems weird to them or not.

[Strange Love]

i also used to tidy things up in shops :/



I used to do that too, I have to neaten things, if a book is sitting slanted ill fix it so that its straight, and i have to always pick up pages and make sure they are all together

[Liz]

this thread is making me gain quirks i never had :weebl:

[Oli]

I do a lot of strange things, mostly to do with music.

On my bike I normally cycle to the music, and if It's so fast or something i will just tap my hands on the handle bars or nod my head. I must look like a right pillock. I tap while eating breakfast or on the computer keyboard and it drives my whole family crazy. I also make drum noises in my mouth a lot and sometimes i'll randomly go off into a drumming thing, I don't really drum either!

The oddest one is where if my nails are long enough I will automatically scrape them across my teeth, it makes a grim sound and i've been swung at a couple of times by one of my freinds he hates it so much!

(Looking back on this post is actually quite worrying)

[Simon]

The oddest one is where if my nails are long enough I will automatically scrape them across my teeth, it makes a grim sound and i've been swung at a couple of times by one of my freinds he hates it so much!



I dont blame him! How do you do it to yourself, just the idea of doing it makes my teeth feel weird

[lattherobogirl]

I have a strange habit of looking elsewhere when talking to people, but strangely enough only when in a classroom...I have no idea why. I dont know if it seems weird to them or not.

I do the same thing, only everywhere, sometimes I even look at other people and even when im not talking I look around myself and people think im staring at them.

[Arkwright]

I have shuddering spasms frequently when I feel "Someone walking over my grave". My hands start shivering and it moves up my torso till it gets to my neck where I whip my head around fast enough to make it crick.

I can't throw pens away for some reason. If a pen doesn't work or has run out I put it back where it came from and save it. This is different to biros and useful pens which disappear into a mystical land the moment you actually need them.

I get very paranoid sometimes and start insulting myself under my breath.

[Lestat]

I have shuddering spasms frequently when I feel "Someone walking over my grave". My hands start shivering and it moves up my torso till it gets to my neck where I whip my head around fast enough to make it crick.


oh yeah, that happens to me the whole time. a lot of the time for no particular reason. happens in school a bit but i dont think anyones noticed.

[FoxDhoj]

A lot of the time, I have sudden surprising agility and can dodge things quite easily. Other times, I get hit ¬_¬.

[N@0m!]

My hands shake, all the time. Not majorlly; it tend to take people a few months of knowing me to notice. But its wierd all the same.

I like watching stars.

I hate little noises when its quiet, like people sniffing in an exam. I was once thrown out of a SATS exam for throwing a pack of tissues at someone who was sniffing really badly.

[Cooldudebob]

Most of these apply to me except i have to cuddle a toy cat.

[Geek Grrrl]

I do the same thing, only everywhere, sometimes I even look at other people and even when im not talking I look around myself and people think im staring at them.

I am exactly the same, except then I try extra hard not to look like im staring and end up looking even worse!!

[CoX]

I am paranoid, and unfortunately I dont trust people easily. Bad past experiences... :(

Oh, and I also have a habit of saying what I am imagining. And i have a pretty good imagination.

[WhereIsTheCow?]

wtf? sudoku is sooooo shitey! and fuk tv @ nite! nite is 4 sleepin, dummass!
best regards *lol*
whereisthecow?

[crab]

With chocolate, I have to eat one square, suck the next, and if it's got a filling, eat the filling first for the third.

There's some concrete slabs and some polished slabs around Abercorn House (the shops), and I never step on the polished ones.

Probably more, but that's all off the top of my head.

Oh, and I have to cuddle something/one (I wish) to sleep.

[Wishbone]

Whenever i have just entered or left a room i have to shut the door. I really don't know why but i guess it's just the way i've been brought up.

[Simon]

I do the same thing, only everywhere, sometimes I even look at other people and even when im not talking I look around myself and people think im staring at them.

Yeah, me too. Not sure if people think I stare at them. Well one does (lucky they are a friend!) but I figure part of it is paranoia. If you catch eyes you always wonder if they think you are staring though they could think the same thing if they keep looking.

[monkey magic]

wtf? sudoku is sooooo shitey! and fuk tv @ nite! nite is 4 sleepin, dummass!
best regards *lol*
whereisthecow?Lets play 'see if we can get this guy autobanned'.

[esquilax]

I pretty much do the same sort of thing everyday at the same time. I get out of bed at 7.05, have breakfast, go and put on BBC Breakfast until the end of the local news. Then I go and get ready. Leave at 7.44 (always leave to get the bus at a time ending in 4). I get up to get on the train exactly one minute before its due time, and always get in at the end of the fifth carriage, walk down to the rear buffet car and *try* to sit in the same seat always. On the way home, I always sit on the same bench at the station. And going to and from it, I tend to walk the same way.

I also like to be sure of what I'm doing and hate last minute changes to plan...they really shake me.

And rather handily for everyone else, I hate it when someone else does the washing up, because they'll do it in the wrong order and put things in the wrong places

[Scott Star]

i seperate all the colours of smarties then eat them in a special order:

brown and green, yellows, oranges, red, pink, purple, blue

same with skittles and things with different colours.



Every night i ALWAYS think about my parents, how they split up and why i have to live in this house(tis shit) then i think about how my life sucks....

[Katie_D]

I'm paranoid that people are looking at me all the time and thinking about how much better looking they are than me. I honestly think that people take time out from their everyday lives to look at me and think about how ugly I am. It really is rediculous when I think over it but at the time it makes me really upset.

I went through one period of time when I had to check the oven every single night to make sure it was switched off. One day I just forgot to and I've never done it since.

Also, if I do anything wrong or anything that can be considered wrong, I have to tell someone. It usually ends up being the boyfriend and he's usually not bothered but it can be anything. It all comes down to the fact that if I tell myself not to say something, I get a sudden over-welming urge to do it. Most of the time I can control myself. :p

Most of the things people have described so far seem to be perfectly acceptable things. I think they all stem to something that happened in childhood. I know that my inhibility to keep something to myself that I've done wrong is probably down to people keeping thigns from me. And I'm almost certain that the oven checking thing is mostly down to watching things like "999" and a fire safety videos. ¬_¬